Re: Windows?

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Tue, 5/12/09, Francesco Potorti` <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Francesco Potorti` <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Windows?
> To: "Sergei Steshenko" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, "dmelliott" <address@hidden>, "John W. Eaton" 
> <address@hidden>, "Qianqian Fang" <address@hidden>
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 11:20 PM
> >FOSS movement is known for
> consistently shooting itself in the foot.
> 
> While it does certainly makes sense to speak about "Free
> and Open Source
> Software" (FOSS) when dealing with licence issues, it does
> make a
> difference when speaking about aims and priorities. 
> If you speak about
> free software, then your priority is freedom.  If you
> speak about open
> source, then your priority is convenience.
> 
> I think that, while trying to interpret the GPL in the
> specific case at
> hand, the maintainers simply chose to err on the side of
> freedom rather
> than err on the side of convenience, at least until the
> legal issue can
> be assessed with more certitude.
> 
> At least, this is how I read it, sorry if I misunderstood.
> 
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And could you please elaborate on freedom in this context in layman terms ?


Thanks,
  Sergei.